phumdi
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English
Etymology
From Manipuri (phumthi), from (phum)please add this translation if you can and (thi)please add this translation if you can.
Pronunciation
Noun
phumdi (plural phumdis)
- A floating island, made up of vegetation and soil, found on Loktak lake in India.
- 2007, The Tiger Paper:
- […] other woes afflicting the sangai . A phumdi less than one meter thick is dangerous to the animals as it fails to hold the weight of an adult deer (Shamungou, 1990).
- 2009, Virendra Krishna Verma, Earth System Sciences: Felicitation Volumes in Honour of Professor V. K. Verma, Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 602:
- Phumdis occur mostly in comparatively shallower areas between contours of 766 m to 768 m , which usually are dry or sustain slight moisture during wet season. Under natural conditions, i.e. during pre barrage period, water level of the lake […]
- 2020, Sumi Krishna, Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
- Rakhon lives with his family on Champu Khangpok, a phumdi village on Loktak Lake populated by around 1,500 people. 'My great great grandfather lived here, and those before him. How can we fish in the Loktak waters without having the safety of our huts? The high winds and rough weather could kill us anytime', he says.